WEBVTT REPORTER: IT IS SOMETHING EVERYONE CAN ENJOY. THE SWEETEST OF SESSION ON THE BLOCK IS NOW A TRAIL IN BUTLER COUNTY. >> AND AT THE END, YOU GET A REALLY COOL T-SHIRT. >> GET A DOUGHNUT TRAIL PASSPORT AND GET DONUTS FROM THE 12 SHOPS AND DON’T FORGET YOUR STAMP. THE TRAIL IS SPRINKLED WITH SHOPS AROUND THE COUNTY. >> AND SOMETHING DIFFERENT ON A DAY WHERE YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO. YOU HAVE OPTIONS AND IT IS A GREAT WAY TO SHOWCASE THE LOCAL BAKERIES IN THIS AREA. REPORTER: LOCAL BEING THE KEY. 12 SHOTS MAKE UP THE TRAIL, SOME ARE NEWER. AND OTHERS HAVE BEEN SERVING THE SUITES SINCE THE 60’S. EITHER WAY, IT’S A GREAT WAY FOR LOCALS AND VISITORS TO TAKE A BITE OUT OF OHIO A. EVEN WHEN SOMEONE MIGHT NOT HAVE A CLUE WHAT THAT MEANS. >> PEOPLE ASK ME, WHAT IN THE BUCKEYE? I ASSUME IT IS CHOCOLATE AND PEANUT BUTTER. SOME PEOPLE DON’T KNOW. REPORTER: IF YOU HAVE A BIG APPETITE, YOU CAN GLAZE TO THE TRAIL IN ONE DAY OR YOU CAN TAKE YOUR TIME CROSSING THE FINISH LINE. ONCE YOU HAVE COMPLETED THE TRAIL, YOUR PASSPORT IS STAMPED AND MANY DOUGHNUTS LATER, YOU GET ONE OF THESE T-SHIRT

Twelve delicious bakeries make up the trail, and they are sprinkled throughout Butler County.

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Each shop is a mom and pop stop. Some of the spots have been in business since the '60s, and others are newer to the market.

Either way, it provides something different to do right in Cincinnati's backyard.

"Do something different on a day where you might not know what to do. You have just options. It's a great way to showcase all the local bakeries that are in this area," said Holtman's co-owner Katie Plazarin.

How it works is simple.

You get a Donut Trail passport. Get donuts from each shop. Don't forget to stamp your passport!

Once your passport is full and your belly is even fuller, you get a T-shirt from the Butler County Visitor's Bureau.

Senior marketing manager for the county's visitor's bureau Kathryn Trucco said the trail has had a great economic impact.

"We actually completed a study with UC, and just in the first year of the Donut Trail, it had a $1 million economic impact to the Butler County area," said Trucco.

The trail is now in its third year.

"When people are coming in to do the Donut Trail, they're not only just spending time in our donut shops. They're spending the evening in our hotels. They're purchasing gas in the area. They're visiting other restaurants to eat something that's not sugar-filled. And of course, they're visiting our other attractions, as well." Trucco said.

Tourists can take a bite out of Ohio with a buckeye donut, whether they know what they're getting into or not.

"It's surprising because people ask me, like, 'So what's in the buckeye?' And I just assume, like, it's chocolate and peanut butter. But some people don't know," said Kelly, from Kelly's Bakery in Hamilton.

The Visitor's Bureau advises getting an early start to the trail because some shops have been known to sell out of donut by 10 a.m.